About Dakar City Dakar is one among the 14 regions of Senegal. The city provides good education and supports the people to practice traditional agriculture. Dakar acts as the financial hub of Senegal, many regional banks like BCEAO is located in Dakar. The city is the home for 20,000 French entrepreneurs. Dekar acts as the end point of the rally. Dakar has a hot and semi arid climate always. The city is accompanied by a number of tourist places like Gorée, Lake Retba, House of Slaves, IFAN Museum of African Arts, and African Renaissance Monument.